Wire-stretching tool.



` No. 874,253. PATENTBD DEG. 1v, '1907.y

J.L.sooTT. y WIRE STRBTGHING T001..

APPLICATION FILED JANHT, 1907.

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f taken throng .ting the' ses" AUNITED sTATEs PATENT oFFmE.

JOHN L. S-GOTT, -OE'PITTSFIELR ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 HARRY C. MILLER,

` OFPITTSFIELD, ILLINOIS.

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l speeiaatian of'rsttgnrstent.

Patented Dec.- 17, 1907.

f Appimapn maa .rtm1-y 1.1907. .amm-:entamerI have invented. new and `usefulImprovements in Wire-StretchingT-ools,ofWinch the `following is a specifica-tion f. This' mventi'n -relats'to stretching comparatively.; simple,`ginexpensive device ofthischaracterwhichjniay .be 4readilyand se.

curely engagedwith the stretched;

constrution and"cmbinationoffparts more Inutile? 'empany f ngdr'awings: Figure is e'viewofadevicefembodyi the Completed.

pintle 3.

end" with a l V-'sha e in gripping jaw 12 ofsubstantialijf cross section having4 its' sharpened portions 7 of the latter, the jaw 12 bei terminating at its forward end in an engaging yportion or finger 14, which, when -the j awslare in closed position, contacts with the *fend all'9 of jaw \"xpen;t-, of the jaws. f n practice, the' wire to be stretched is'intiodueed between thel jaws, as in .Fi 1', after which'theljaws are,`"by pressi the 4andleS`4 toward each other, moved to t e closedp'osi#i tion illustrated in Fig.4, thus causing the jaw 12 to bend the wire inward between the portions] of jaw 8, whereby a rm gripis secured andmaintained on the wire Without injuring the-l same When the jaws are moved to closedposition the tactswiththe-endwall 9 of jaw- 8j as 4heretofore explainedyto thus limit lthe closing movement of the jaws and prevent rupturing .I claim is:

a'pair cfcross members eaehcolisi'ting of: a shank-tand' a jaw,l a [pivot connecting the .Shanks at the innereIdsfothejaws, and on shanksge jaw being com 'osed those'f'thelO'oped jaw, and a sto en ;fthe/ extremity of the straight j aw vwhic A;laterallybent portionjof the ."I/itesti rvi presence of two witnesses. v JOHN I mSCOTT.v

The member 2' fis mondes yat TES fifwardg HARRY C. MILLER.

provided "on its active edgev with a' series o teeth. or serrationsv 13 and- A- device of the classdescribed comprising.

50- edge is osed toward the jaw 8 andl adapted -tO'enter etween side 8 tolimit the closing move- 85" the-'other' jaw land having'fserrations coincid- 

